A little girl and her dog

Carmen and Caleb

Weeeeee

02.14.09

Carmen

Like Father, like Daughter.

New project

Its been awhile since my last post, but I have been very busy with a new quilt project. The goal was to have the top finished by early-to-mid May, mail it off to my quilt lady in Utaho, then be able to showcase it through June and July (it does, afterall have that Patriotic theme). Once I started sewing, the blocks went together super fast and before I knew it I was finished! Just a quick peek, no borders on it yet, but those go together lickity split.

Quilt pattern is 2 different blocks: a 9-Patch and an Hourglass. Working on getting my pattern set up onto a pdf file to share.

I love scrappy quilts!

Iced Coffee

First it was Starbucks Frappuccinos, but at $4.85 a pop, they were just too expensive.

Next it was (or still is) McDonalds Iced Coffees - much cheaper at $1.85 and surprisingly yummy coming from a fast food joint.

This morning I was digging thru my cupboards and found this forgotton box of instant mix. Just pour the powder into an 8 oz glass of milk, stir, add ice and enjoy! And only about .75 cents a glass!

Comes in Hazelnut or French Vanilla.

How cute is this?

Tricycle

Look what we scored at the Goodwill today!

Happy New Year 2009

Beth - Carmen - Andy

La La Lemon Bars

I have a serious problem with sweets so when I came across this recipe I knew I was in trouble. I made it anyway and so glad I did. Total YUM-O! I would like all of you to join me this Holiday Season in adding a few pounds to your mid-section so to help start you off, here's my recipe to the BEST Lemon Bars ever! Enjoy.

CAUTION: This pan can easily be polished off in one evening while watching your favorite TV show. Don't say I didn't warn you.

CRUST:
Cream together 1 cup butter and 1/2 cup powdered sugar. Add ½ tsp salt and 2 cups flour. Mix until you have a nice, firm dough.

Pat into a greased 9 x 13 glass dish. Bake at 350 for about 18 minutes. Meanwhile make the filling.

FILLING:
Mix 4 slightly beaten eggs, 2 cups sugar, ½ tsp baking powder, ¼ cup flour, ¼ cup lemon juice, and grated rind of one lemon (I didn’t have a lemon on hand so I omitted this step and it still turned out fabulous).

Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar, cool and enjoy!

Carriage Crossing

There's a great outdoor Promenade close by thats all decorated for Christmas. We thought it to be the perfect opportunity to take Carmen there and get some pics taken. It was very cold and windy!

Flower girl

I'm not sure what happened but Carmen used to love taking baths. The past couple of bath times have not been fun for any of us. She's ok until she gets her head wet. Maybe she got soap in her eye awhile back and remembers. Who knows, but isn't she cute in her flower towel wrap?

Amelia Bedelia

I have the coolest bicycle. A Vintage 1977 Schwinn Hollywood. Bought it at a Sumpter, OR estate sale for $35. She had bald and cracked tires and needed alot of TLC. She had to be partially disassembled to fit in a box for shipping from OR to TN. Once in Memphis, Andy completely disassembled her, greased, lubed and tightened things, polished her and put her back together. She is now sporting brand new white walls and sparkles like a diamond.... well almost.

Before...

(this is a pic taken from a pic so its a little blurry)

After...

Now I'm the coolest dork on the block!

Mmm ... Yogurt

I decided to let Carmen try yogurt. Afterall, cheese cubes, red grapes and mini peanut butter sandwiches are starting to get old. We tried using a spoon and for the first several bites it worked. Carmen demanded to it herself, so I was like ... fine... here ya go. She ate most of it and the rest ended up as a lovely large glob in her lap... oh yeah... and some splatters on the wall. Hey, its a learning experience.

Just a day at the park.

Carmen and her pumpkin